Food Security and Livelihoods

2025Q1 UPDATE AND OUTLOOK FOR 2025Q2 Conflict compounded by climate and economic shocks continue to negatively impact on the food security and nutrition situation in Eastern Africa. As of end of April 2025, there are an estimated…

Food-related violence continued to be reported in Sudan between 1 January and 31 March 2025 in addition to the blockading of essential food supplies from urban areas, most notably in El Fasher. This briefing provides an…

This is a summary of what was said by Samatha Chattaraj, WFP’s Emergency Coordinator for Sudan (speaking from Port Sudan via Zoom) – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at…

SUDAN: Deterioration expected as Famine-affected areas face the lean season As the conflict in Sudan enters its third year, more than 10 million people have been displaced, the economy is in crisis and essential water, sanitation, health…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Key messages • The FRC finds Famine in at least five areas of Sudan for which reliable data exists, and projects Famine in five additional areas between December 2024 and May 2025. Risk of Famine in…

WHAT IS FAMINE? The Integrated Food Security Phase Classi cation (IPC) denes Famine as a situation in which at least one in ve households has an extreme lack of food and face starvation and destitution, resulting in…